Barnes & Noble sales up 5–6%
Friday, 27 August 2021
Barnes & Noble (B&N) CEO James Daunt is confident the bookselling chain can ‘weather the Covid storm’ with book sales ‘resilient’ during the recession, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). In an...
Pybus wins 2021 National Biography Award for ‘Truganini’
Friday, 27 August 2021
Cassandra Pybus has won the 2021 National Biography Award for Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse (A&U). Pybus wins $25,000, while the other authors shortlisted for the award receive $2000 each....
Von Reinhold, Ní Ghríofa win James Tait Black prizes
Thursday, 26 August 2021
In the UK, Shola Von Reinhold and Doireann Ní Ghríofa have won the James Tait Black prizes for fiction and biography respectively, reports the Bookseller. Von Reinhold won the fiction prize...
Ned Kelly Awards 2021 winners announced
Thursday, 26 August 2021
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners of the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards. Crime novels released by Text Publishing swept the fiction categories, with the winning titles...
WA Premier’s Book Awards announced
Thursday, 26 August 2021
The winners of the 2020 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in June, the winners in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an Emerging...
Malwatta wins 2021 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Queensland Poetry has announced that Janaka Malwatta has won the 2021 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for his manuscript blackbirds don’t mate with starlings. Malwatta receives $2000 and a publishing contract...
CBCA winners, MWF live events cancelled
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
The winners of this year’s CBCA Book of the Year Awards were announced last Friday. In other awards news, the recipients of the Sydney Opera House Mentorship for Diverse Emerging...
Beijing International Book Fair postponed at last minute
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which was set to run from 25–29 August, has been postponed due to an outbreak of Covid-19 in the city, reports the Bookseller. 'Due...
The Stoning
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
The Stoning is an atmospheric page-turner, a brilliant crime novel with superb characters, but also a nuanced and penetrating insight into the heart of a country intent on gambling with its...
ILF book supply program
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
ILF book supply program for remote communities is asking for submissions from publishers. Criteria regarding selection, quantities, discount, fulfilment of orders, etc. is available from Seeba Tapim, programs administrator—via email:...
Bookings open for Think Australian Frankfurt
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Bookings are now open for Think Australian's Frankfurt issue, out 30 September. The Frankfurt issue includes a limited number of banner ads and prominently placed title preview ads. Discounts apply for...
Change for Red Globe Press
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Publisher: Red Globe Press Old distributor: Macmillan International Higher Education New distributor: Bloomsbury Changeover date: 23 August 2021 Returns cut-off: 24 September 2021 Contact URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/help/contact-us
Norton and the Borrowing Bear (Gabriel Evans, Berbay)
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Gabriel Evans is fast becoming one of the most consistently delightful Australian picture book creators of recent years. With each release he adds to his oeuvre with such apparent ease,...
WORD Christchurch Festival postponed; NZ lockdown extended
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
The 2021 WORD Christchurch Festival, which was due to start on 25 August, has been postponed due to uncertainty around Covid-19 alert levels and lockdowns. Organisers are working on a...
Rooney ARCs sell for hundreds of dollars online
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Uncorrected proofs of Sally Rooney’s upcoming novel Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber) have fetched hundreds of dollars on trading sites eBay and Depop, reports the Guardian. A copy listed on...
Sydney Opera House Mentorship for Diverse Emerging Writers recipients announced
Monday, 23 August 2021
Writers Patricia Arcilla and Joyce Chew are the two recipients of the Sydney Opera House's inaugural Mentorship for Diverse Emerging Writers, presented in partnership with Sweatshop. Chew and Arcilla each...
Amazon reportedly plans to open US department stores
Monday, 23 August 2021
Amazon is planning to open large department-style stores in the US, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to the WSJ, the retail spaces will be around 30,000 square feet...
CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced
Friday, 20 August 2021
The winners of the 2021 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles and honour books in each category are: Older...
CBCA winners announced today
Friday, 20 August 2021
The CBCA will announce the 2020 Book of the Year awards at 12pm AEDT today, 20 August. The awards celebrate their 75th anniversary in 2021. Read Australian children’s literature expert...
Sharjah Book Authority launches pro-reading campaign
Friday, 20 August 2021
In the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has launched a new pro-reading campaign with the slogan ‘If you’re into something, you’re into books’, reports Publishing Perspectives. The...
Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2021 shortlists announced
Friday, 20 August 2021
The titles shortlisted for the 2021 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. Among the finalists are books shortlisted for the primary level educational picture or chapter book, and...
MWF cancels live events, brings forward MWF Digital
Thursday, 19 August 2021
The organisers of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which was scheduled to run from 3–12 September at various locations across the city, have cancelled the live components of its program....
Corey Tutt on ‘The First Scientists’
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Kamilaroi STEM advocate and founder of Deadly Science Corey Tutt is the author of The First Scientists (illus by Blak Douglas, Hardie Grant, October), which explores early and contemporary First...
Queensland literary projects funded
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The University of Queensland will receive $20,000 ‘to provide time and space to emerging writer Ellen van Neerven for their creative development of new work enhanced by access to unique...
US half-yearly bookstore sales up 30%
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
In the US, bookstore sales in the first half of 2021 rose 30.3% compared to the same period last year, reports Publishers Weekly. Bookstore sales rose from US$2.82 billion (A$3.9b)...
Lockdowns hit sales, Nielsen ebook sales tracking service
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Recent lockdowns across several states have led to year-on-year declines in both value and volume of print books, according to Nielsen Book Australia. Nielsen has also launched a new ebook...
Girt Nation
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The saga of Australia continues with ... GIRT NATION From the bestselling author of Girt and True Girt comes the highly anticipated Girt Nation. Publishing in November, David Hunt will trample...
Bookings open for Think Australian Frankfurt
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Bookings are now open for Think Australian's Frankfurt issue, out 30 September. The Frankfurt issue includes a limited number of banner ads and prominently placed title preview ads. Discounts apply for...
Entries for the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards are now open
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The Australian Business Book Awards recognise entrepreneurs, businesspeople and business owners who have written and published a book demonstrating their skill, knowledge and experience in their industry or area of...
Writing about books with Declan Fry
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The best writers are also great readers. In this new Faber Writing Academy course you will learn to read like a writer—discovering how to read a book closely in order...
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